From a Nov. 9, 1996, AP story, Republican Bob Dole had just lost to Democrat Bill Clinton, with the help of the liberal press. AP wrote that “Dole advisers said the defeat started in 1995, when Democrats (and the national press) blamed Republicans for cutting ‘popular’ domestic programs; and shutdown of government. …”

After getting Clinton elected in 1992 and 1996, AP then had to hide his more recent failings, such as missing chances to take out Osama bin Laden, which resulted in 9-11. The Sept. 11 Commission said in its June 22, 2004, report that the media played a part by not signaling a terrorism threat to Americans.

In the 2004 elections, John Kerry, a Vietnam War protestor, ran for president, but was a Democrat, so AP wrote only three stories about that, all of which defended him. George W. Bush, meanwhile, was a Republican, so AP wrote 54 negative stories about AP’s wish, without proof, that his dad helped get him into the National Guard. Why 54 stories about that, and none about Clinton not dealing with bin Laden?